Magento's theme hierarchy
1. If a custom theme is specified, the application looks for the requested file in:
- 1. app/design/frontend/custom_package/custom_theme
- 2. skin/frontend/custom_package/custom_theme
2. If the file is not found in the custom theme, the application moves up a level and
looks for it in:
looks for it in:
- 1. app/design/frontend/custom_package/default
- 2. skin/frontend/custom_package/default
3. If not found in the default , the application looks for the requested file in:
- 1. app/design/frontend/base/default
- 2. skin/frontend/base/default
4. If not found, a rendering error will occur.